Aston Microphone Project Element
So, if you have followed GearZombie at all you've likely seen that I have fallen in love with Aston Microphones. Now owning the Stealth and the Origin I am sold! They have a really cool campaign to develop a microphone with sound developed by public vote in blind listening tests online. So you can go out and register and listen to clips and pick what you like. The mic is called the Aston Element and is certain to be as fantastic as their other offerings. If you haven't already I have some video links below with the Aston Stealth for [...]
Strymon Iridium Review Best Amp Pedal For Guitar Players
I have been at this for a long long time. I am an absolute dinosaur for musicians. I remember being so excited as a wee lad to upgrade from my solid-state Crate G40C combo to a Crate G120C 2x12 (still solid-state) combo and thinking I had arrived. We’re talking like 1992ish. I got it home, it weighed a ton and was on casters, I called my best musician buddy over and he looked at it and said… Ohhh.. I thought you got a “REAL” amp. And that’s the day I learned about tube amps.
Final Alice In Chains Layne Staley Performance
If you're a fan this is a cool performance to watch. A bootleg filmed from the balcony at Kemper Arena, Kansas City July 3, 1996, is said to be the final performance of Alice In Chains with Layne Staley. I've had this playing in my ear the last couple of days I forgot how interesting some of these songs are. Also, make sure to check the posters other videos, they have a lot of Alice in Chains content. Check it out! https://youtu.be/OYrBqO45PTk And, if you're a super fan check out the cover of "I Stay Away" we did using the [...]
Home Sweet Home Motley Crue Best Power Ballad Of All Time
I started hanging out with this kid, and I don't remember his name but he lived in basically a foster home. He called it a halfway house but it was I now believe by definition a foster home type thing.
Satchel Poontang Boomerang Pedal Demo
Taking preorders for the Poontang Boomerang Delay Pedal. Satchel released a YouTube video demo of the new pedal.
Morley Pedals Namm 2019
We got to meet up with Morley Pedals at Namm 2019. Fantastic group of guys. They took the opportunity to talk to use about the new gear that was coming out this year.
Metallica to Perform S&M2 With San Francisco Symphony
The first Metallica S&M (Symphony and Metallica) was released in November 1999 and has sold more than 5.5 million copies in the US alone. Today KQED posted Metallica will once again be performing with The San Francisco Symphony for the first show at the new Chase Center this September 6th. The first presale event starts Tuesday, March 19th at 9am exclusively for Metallica Fan Club members, with an additional presale event at 12:00 PM for Chase cardholders. Additional presale events will be held for Chase Center Membership members on Wednesday, March 20 at 12:00 p.m. and for Warriors Season Ticket [...]
Chris Fehn Leaves Slipknot Following Lawsuit
In an odd slug of news last week it was reported that percussionist Chris Fehn from Slipknot was suing the rest of the band while still being an active member. The lawsuit basically cited a pay dispute. Fehn is claiming he was under the impression that the band's money made from touring and merchandise is handled entirely by one company that splits profits and pays the bands. The reports say, however, that Fehn recently discovered that his bandmates set up several other Slipknot affiliated business entities in different states that he was unaware of. Quick to post was Corey Taylor [...]
MySpace Lost All Your Music
The year was 2003 and it was starting to feel like the wild wild west on the internet. Napster in it's original form was dead but music was still strong as ever. Then came MySpace it was the absolutely the hottest site on the internet. It was really the first massive social media platform and it provided a spot for bands. Mine included. But as they say all good things must come to an end. And in many ways that included music with real instruments. And also.... Facebook. The decline of rock music and the explosion of the new [...]
RIP Jim Dunlop
American Music Supply posted on Facebook that Jim Dunlop has passed. This seems to be confirmed from his son Jimi on social media. No word at the moment on the company website or social media accounts. From Wikipedia, Scottish immigrant Jim Dunlop founded the Jim Dunlop Company in 1965 as a part-time business while working as a processing and chemical engineer at Barr and Stroud in Glasgow. He was an apprentice of creator of the first hip replacement, William "Bill" Wallace. His first product was the Vibra-Tuner, a small device that attached to a guitar with a suction cup and displayed [...]
